Precious life

Today a quick browse of newspaper articles revealed mutliple tragedies over the weekend - a baby sleeping in a tent with his parents on his first camping trip driven over by a fellow drunken camper in a car, a 21-year-old drowned while swimming and a 10-year-old run over by a boat while tubing. I normally try to avoid focusing too much on this type of news. I realize that it is real and it happened and some family, instead of swimming in the backyard pool, is planning a funeral or standing by a hospital bed right now. But today the news was a little too much.

How do we find a way to suck the most we possibly can out of each day with our children? I left work at 4:00 o'clock and picked up the kids from daycare. We drove up the house, bypassed the front door, stripped down to t-shirts and undies and went for a swim. Those are the moments when life is pure and sweet and time stands still.

Tonight I'll say a prayer for the family of the baby in the tent and then I'll roll over and hug my babies tight.